Lessons My Client Taught Me
I was recently at a cocktail party when I was, once again, reminded of the benefits of the collaborative dispute resolution process over a litigated divorce.
Connecting Abroad
My girlfriend and I went on vacation together to the Azores. It was the first time since I’d been married, over 27 years ago, that I had taken a Girls Only trip.
In the Trenches Part Two
When the collaborative facilitator meets with the team’s clients for the first time, usually individually, he asks the clients to describe their goals.
In the Trenches Part One
When the collaborative facilitator meets the team’s clients for the first time, usually individually, she asks them to define their goals.
In the Trenches Part Five
In this blog series, we’ve already explored four break-up negotiations and how they played out after the collaborative facilitators reported on both the clients’ individual and joint goals.
The Grievances
Every action has a reaction, “side effect,” if you will. One of the side effects of litigation is that disappointed people “grieve” lawyers.
In the Trenches Part Four
In the first three parts of this series on client goals and interests, we examined the actual reports of three different facilitators to their professional teams at the commencement.
It’s Not Kardashian Versus West; It’s Kardashian And West
If you’ve been keeping up with the Kardashians, then you know that Kim filed for divorce from Kanye West on February 19, 2021.
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In the Trenches Part Three
In the first two parts of this series, we’ve explored two different facilitators’ reports on the clients’ goals and interests, and on their individual and couple idiosyncrasies.
Homemaker Salary? Part Two
So, one can argue that a homemaker should be paid a wage. The clients were in their thirties. Kelly’s fiancé, Rich, was a successful doctor.
